Year % of merchandise exports 1974 9.37575844406706 1975 7.838288853694128 1976 8.709360789269432 1977 7.433182151676718 1978 6.655697640706159 1979 6.618981507862442 1981 4.658494521817118 1996 7.164316860743379 1997 7.667210181973556 1998 6.813746732398926 1999 6.803538908608106 2000 6.002041464998498 2001 5.44094943650827 2002 5.146405684685892 2003 5.674547088340269 2006 3.8837711509291473 2007 3.749804210453484 2008 4.305395064229255 2009 3.4188538469658374 2010 2.9419468264294704 2011 4.6963586273998565 2012 4.568476379383834 2013 3.1859306024682255 2014 2.434474818084543 2015 2.5027742430886826 2016 3.1157076874173306 2017 3.0006021142100097 2018 2.9482273251303486 2019 2.982098633202758 2020 3.0256412629354754 2021 3.354976439440784 2022 2.644430766825832